All-American Honors For Spartans Cassius Winston
"I didn't really picture myself in that position at the beginning of this year," Winston said Tuesday . "It's a year full of blessings, for sure."
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"I didn't really picture myself in that position at the beginning of this year," Winston said Tuesday . "It's a year full of blessings, for sure."
Dick Bennett's fingerprints will be all over this year's NCAA Tournament. The former longtime coach has ties to three of the four coaches in Minneapolis this week, one by blood.
Michigan State's dramatic NCAA Tournament victory over Duke drew a 10.5 television rating, the highest for a late Sunday regional final in 14 years.
Texas Tech and Auburn are in the Final Four for the first time ever after a wild weekend of games.
Now the question becomes how many of the key freshmen — that quartet accounted for all but eight of Duke's points on Sunday — will return.
Cassius Winston put Michigan State on his shoulders and carried the Spartans into the Final Four.
Michigan State takes down LSU 80-63. Duke survives another nail-biter as Virginia Tech misses a last second tip chance at the rim. The two victors meet Sunday at 5pm on CBS62 for a trip to the final four.
Here is the full list of matchups, game times and channels for the NCAA Tournament. All games will air live on CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV.
'March Madness Begins,' a special episode of the 'Four Sides of the Story' series, looks inside the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Two more wins for each, and Michigan State and Michigan would meet in a Final Four matchup that would have an entire state on edge. Both will be tested plenty before then, but if they defend as they did last weekend, they can play with anyone.
The win in the battle of Big Ten teams sends the second-seeded Spartans to an East Region semifinal against LSU in Washington, D.C.
Already appearing drained by Michigan State's difficult victory over the upset seekers from Bradley, coach Tom Izzo winced a little more in his postgame interview on the court when the subject turned to the next opponent for the Spartans in the East Region.
Cassius Winston scored 26 points and second-seeded Michigan State held off Bradley 76-65 on Thursday in the opening round of the East Region.
The Spartans need to focus on surviving the first weekend this time around. It has been four years since Michigan State (28-6) made it to the Sweet Sixteen, the longest such drought of the Izzo era.
Smitty explains what makes Tom Izzo a great coach and why Cassius Winston is such a special player.
